Editing Basset Hound (section)

===France===
[[File:ModeltheBasset.jpg|thumb|left|1879 [[woodcut]] of Everett Millais' first Basset-type hound named Model, who was imported from France in 1874]]

The first mention of a "Basset" dog appeared in La Venerie, an illustrated hunting text written by Jacques du Fouilloux in 1585.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Pure-bred Dogs, American Kennel Gazette, Volume 106|date=1989 |work=American Kennel Club}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Which pet?|last=Peter|first=Isaac|date=1982 |publisher=Jill Norman & Hobhouse Ltd. |isbn=0-906908-56-6 |location=London|oclc=10965647}}</ref>  The name "Basset" has its origins in the Latin word for low, ''bassus'', and the French diminutive -''et''.  The dogs in Fouilloux's text were used to hunt foxes and badgers. It is believed that the Basset type originated as a [[#Health|mutation]] in the litters of [[Normans|Norman]] Staghounds, a descendant of the St Hubert's Hound. These precursors were most likely bred back to the St. Hubert's Hound, among other derivative French hounds. Until after the [[French Revolution]] around the year 1789, [[hunting]] from [[Horseriding|horseback]] was the preserve of kings, large aristocratic families and of the country squires, and for this reason short-legged dogs were highly valued for hunting on foot.

Basset-type hounds became popular during the reign of Emperor [[Napoleon III]] (r. 1852–1870). In 1853, [[Emmanuel Fremiet]], "the leading sculptor of animals in his day" exhibited bronze sculptures of Emperor Napoleon III's Basset Hounds at the Paris Salon.<ref>Fusco, Peter and H. W. Janson, eds., ''The Romantics to Rodin'', Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1980, p. 272.</ref> Ten years later in 1863 at the first exhibition of dogs held in Paris, Basset Hounds attained international attention.<ref>{{cite book |title=The New Book of the Dog |url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924101969198 |last=Leighton |first=Robert |year=1907 |publisher= Cassell and Company, Ltd. |oclc=608157750 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref>

The controlled breeding of the short haired Basset began in France in 1870. From the existing Bassets, Count Le Couteulx of Canteleu fixed a utilitarian type with straight front legs known as the Chien d'Artois, whereas Mr. Louis Lane developed a more spectacular type, with crooked front legs, known as the Basset Normand. These were bred together to create the original [[Basset Artésien Normand]].<ref>[http://www.fci.be/uploaded_files/034gb2001_en.doc Breed standard, Basset Artésien Normand (DOC file)] at FCI.be; {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101092318/http://www.fci.be/uploaded_files/034gb2001_en.doc |date=November 1, 2013 }}</ref>